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OLPC laptops for East Africa and Palestinian children
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| According to the BBC, approximately 30
| million laptops are expected to be
| delivered to East Africa by 2015 and
| 500,000 units in the Middle East.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OLPC-laptops-for-East-Africa-and-Palestinian-children-990651.html
Recent:
UN to buy 500,000 OLPC laptops for Palestinian children
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| The computers run the open-source Sugar
| software suite, marking a return to OLPC's
| roots after a flirtation with running
| Windows XP on its emblematic green-and-white
| XO laptops.
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| Sugar is now developed by a separate
| organization, Sugar Labs, which also offers
| versions of its Activities software for
| Windows, or on a bootable USB stick running
| on top of a Linux kernel.
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http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-04-29/un-to-buy-500-000-olpc-laptops-for-palestinian-children.html
One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and E Africa
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| The rugged machines - which are designed
| specifically for children in the developing
| world and run both Linux and Microsoft
| Windows - are now offered in single units
| for around $200 each.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10091177.stm
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